destined
Definition
- Adjective:
- Predetermined by fate; certain to happen or be something: Describes something that is meant to occur or a person who is certain to become a particular thing, often as if by a predetermined plan or destiny.
- Intended for a specific place or purpose; heading in a certain direction: Describes something or someone that is on a course toward a particular destination or goal.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Predetermined by fate):
- She felt they were destined to meet.
- The treaty was destined to fail from the start.
- Adjective (Intended for a place/purpose):
- The ship was destined for the port of Singapore.
- These aid packages are destined for the disaster zone.
Advanced Usage
- "destined for": This is the most common collocation.
- When followed by a noun, it indicates a target destination or purpose: goods destined for export.
- When followed by an infinitive verb ("to + verb"), it indicates a certain future outcome: He was destined to lead the company.
- "ill-destined" / "well-destined": (Less common) Can be used to comment on the perceived quality of the fate.
- The ill-destined voyage ended in tragedy.
Variants and Related Words
- Destiny (n): The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future; fate.
- She believed it was her destiny to become a doctor.
- Destination (n): The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
- Our final destination is Paris.
Synonyms
- Fated: Decreed or controlled by fate.
- Doomed: Likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome.
- Bound (for): Heading toward a place.
- Inevitable: Certain to happen; unavoidable.
Related Phrases
- Destined for greatness: Certain to become very successful or important.
- Even as a child, the musician was destined for greatness.
- A marriage destined to last: A marriage that seems certain to be long-lasting, as if by fate.
- Everyone could see it was a marriage destined to last.
Related Idioms
- Seal someone's destiny: To be the event that determines someone's future.
- That one decision sealed his destiny as a leader.
- A twist of destiny/fate: An unexpected event that changes the course of future events.
- By a twist of destiny, they met again twenty years later.
Adjective
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(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
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bound to happen
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an old house destined to be demolished
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he is destined to be famous
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headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
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children bound for school
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a flight destined for New York
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